Title :
Glucosim: a simulator for education on the dynamics of diabetes mellitus
Author :
Erzen, Fetanet Ceylan ; Birol, Gulnur ; Cinar, Ali
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Environ. Eng., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
Glucose-insulin interactions in healthy and insulin-dependent diabetic humans are simulated using an overall and a detailed model based on pharmacokinetic diagrams of insulin and glucose. Both models are capable of predicting blood glucose and insulin levels, total glucose uptake and renal glucose excretion. The simulator is integrated with a graphical user interface to provide a user-friendly environment for performing virtual experiments with various characteristics, diet and exercise conditions.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biomedical education; blood; diseases; physiological models; blood glucose levels; blood insulin levels; diet; exercise conditions; glucose-insulin dynamics; graphical user interface; renal glucose excretion; total glucose uptake; user-friendly environment; virtual experiments; Biochemistry; Biological system modeling; Blood; Chemical technology; Diabetes; Humans; Insulin; Mathematical model; Pancreas; Sugar;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019493
